Can schools cope with migrant children?
In yet another xenophobic article from the Daily Express, this country’s children are portrayed as being under threat by an influx of migrant children.
Jill Rutter
Jill is an Associate Fellow at IPPR. She writes for Left Foot Forward on a range of issues that include family policy and migration.
Getting to grips with asylum removals
Over the last two weeks we have seen a large number of reports and articles critical of the asylum system.
Lifting the lid on child detention
Children’s Commissioner Sir Al Aynsley-Green has said the detention of immigrant children is wrong. The report is the latest in a series critical of the current process.
Progressives need to do more to build support for asylum and immigration
A new report from the Refugee Council tries to explode myths about asylum-seekers, that they’re only after benefits – but the public still think otherwise.
Britain needs an honest debate on population
National Statistics has published its annual review of population change. Births and deaths, rather than immigration, are responsible for the increase.